u/Jeffaklumpen

Been working on this track for quite a while now. The intro is kind of inspired by Money For Nothing by Dire Straits but I'm not sure about the drums, I want them to sound huge but something just feels off with the reverb.

Aside from the intro, how does the overall mix sound? Is it close to release ready or is there still stuff to work on?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XpCPi5rl_yUggfhUy2Y-_LMtguS4kgXA/view?usp=drive_link

Any feedback is greatly appreciated, thanks!

EDIT: Forgot to make the Google drive file readable, it should work now!

I've been mixing my own stuff for about 10 years but never really dabbled with gain staging, kinda late to that. But I've decided to try it out.

I have a guitar track with Guitar Rig 7 on it. After that I added the Plugin Alliance SSL 4000E and tried gain staging. I increased the gain so that the VU meter sits at around 0.

Then I tried adding mvMeter2 since I heared that's a good VU meter, and there it shows the VU meter getting completely crushed almost always sitting at +3.

I'm really confused on what to look at here. Should I trust the VU meter inside the SSL or mvMeter2?

I've been working on this track for a while now and I think I'm getting close to finishing it. I haven't gotten that much feedback on my mixes, but I hope I'm doing something right. Would love your thoughts on what I've done right and what could be improved upon.

The track is called "Static Bliss".

Thanks!

https://voca.ro/1lNgHjF5aOyY

EDIT 1: I've done some tweaking after reading the comments, hope I'm on the right track and haven't made things worse https://voca.ro/18OOSrUQGLUW

EDIT 2: I can't thank you all enough, all the feedback I've gotten has been a goldmine! I've done some tweaking. I've added some more saturation to the drum bus, I've added a dynamic EQ with high Q at around 11,6KHz on the vocals and lessened the cuts at around 400-500Hz. I also boosted alot at around 1000Hz on the bass and did some cuts at the same frequency on the guitar. I also boosted around 1db between 200-2000Hz in the mastering chain. On the first upload I had a 1176 compressor into an LA-2A, but I removed the 1176 to keep the transients. I also made the toms less boomy. Hope it sounds better, heres a new link 😄 https://voca.ro/14tLABvXUSPr